| 单词 | abyssal benthos |
| 释义 | > as lemmasabyssal benthos Haeckel's name for the flora and fauna at or near the bottom of the sea. So abyssal benthos, plants and animals of the deep sea; littoral benthos, those of the sea near the coast. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > balance of nature > organisms in relation to habitat > [noun] colonist1839 benthos1891 land form1897 heterotroph1900 autotroph1901 epibenthos1902 specialist1902 microaerophile1903 nitrifier1903 consumer1904 nitrogen fixer1904 producer1904 indicator1906 psychrophile1906 thermophil1909 sulphuretum1925 influent1926 halobiont1928 halophile1928 mesophile1928 oligosaprobe1931 saprobe1932 eurytope1938 stenotope1938 photoautotroph1939 chemoautotroph1943 prototroph1946 mixotrophy1948 chemolithoautotroph1949 auxotroph1950 chemoheterotroph1951 chemoorganotroph1953 chemolithotroph1955 chemotroph1958 osmophile1961 psychrotroph1963 saprotroph1963 generalist1964 opportunist1967 cryophile1970 1891 G. W. Field tr. E. Hæckel Planktonic Stud. in Rep. U.S. Comm. Fisheries 1889–91 xvii. 582 The abyssal benthos. 1895 Nat. Sci. July 29 The greatest part of the..discoveries..concerns the Benthos. 1897 T. J. Parker & W. A. Haswell Text-bk. Zool. II. 600 Others [sc. marine animals]..are either permanently fixed, like Zoophytes and Stalked Crinoids, or move by creeping over the sea-bottom, like Starfishes, Holothurians, Chætopods, etc.; such forms constitute the Benthos, or ‘bottom-fauna’. 1921 Discovery Oct. 265/1 Marine organisms can be roughly divided into..the plankton or drifters, the nekton or swimmers, and the benthos or fixed organisms. 1959 A. Hardy Fish & Fisheries v. 94 All these other forms of life, referred to collectively as the benthos..are vitally important to the fish either as their prey or as voracious competitors for limited supplies of food. < as lemmas |
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